The film would more aptly be titled the Time Traveler, for we follow him and his dilemma that is known as Chrono-Displacement. He travels forward and backward in his own time and not of his own free-will. Even though we follow him throughout his life the film can't help but place the sympathy on his wife who goes through so much more pain and hardship. She deals with his two-week hiatus during their first Christmas and new years following their marriage, he wasn't around during the miscarriage she had to endure. She manages to pull through all this and love him no matter what. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder and it shows on the screen for each time Claire (Rachel McAdams) sees Henry (Eric Bana) its like a huge heart warming revelation that this may be the last time they see each other and she needs to make the most of it. Love. Eric Bana is amazing on the screen, he's extremely likable, he pulls at your heart strings when you see him disappear, you can feel the pain the each person must be going through for this loss. Rachel McAdams is just as good but she can't help but get over shadowed by Eric Bana because she comes off as the perfect wife and very accepting of everything. While all the emotion that's possible fills the screen there is plenty that is left out and feels like its in fast forward. A great film to watch and get captivated by, but so much more could have been explored and to its benefit had it been.
7 out 10
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